Grumpy Cat could get her own movie

The cats have taken over your computers, and soon they’ll take over Hollywood.

Grumpy Cat, the perma-frowning star of many Internet memes, could now star in her own movie. The Wall Street Journal reported talent manager Ben Lashes helped Grumpy Cat’s owners negotiate a film option with Broken Road Productions this week. According to Deadline, the pitch was for a “a Garfield-like feature film” and Grumpy Cat “will be given the power of speech.”

Maybe the craziest part of the story is that Lashes is building a career out of managing famous Internet cats. He has helped Keyboard Cat’s owner make about $300,000 and recently helped sue Warner Bros. over their use of Keyboard Cat in a video game. Christopher Torres, who owns the rights to Nyan Cat, told the Wall Street Journal: “when it comes to cats, Ben knows who is going to be big.” Hint for Lashes: Check out Hamilton the Hipster Cat.

So now Lashes is banking on Grumpy Cat, real name Tardar Sauce, who lives in Arizona. Grumpy Cat was a hit at this year’s SXSW festival, has a forthcoming book and a clothing line at Hot Topic.

But not everybody is convinced Grumpy means gold. Broken Road has produced mega-flops like Adam Sandler’s “Jack and Jill,” and CNET’s Amanda Kooser writes: “I can see this squeezing every last drop of fame out of what was once a thoroughly enjoyable online phenomenon.”